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EFFECTK OF EATIXCi TIJE^. 



coiisistencG to (l<)iiLi;'li made frnru smutty wheat 

 mixed with fiit. The bodies of tlie iiiotlis are 

 large, and filled witii a yellowisli oil, resembHiig 

 in taste a sweet nut. These musses (with which 

 the '^Ketbals" m **Takbat8 ** 6f (fee native 

 Mlm ^ ioawi^, during the Season 1^ ffea^f 

 upon the Biigong,") will not keep above a 

 week J and seldom even for that time ; but by 

 smoking they are able to preserve them for a 

 msdi Idnger period* TM tot tfm^ M^i is 

 ctded "bf tlie native Mbm, rmhxti rtmi^g mi 

 other debilitating effects are produced ; but 

 after a few^ days they become accustomed to its 

 use, and then thrive and fatten excecdinglj 

 iippu it. 



Th^ immiA ^ ^e)d in m<ih estinmticm 

 among the aborigines, that they assemble from 



all parts of the country to collect them from 

 tliesc mountains. It is not only the native 

 blacks that resort to the Bugong," but 

 tsemm abo ^mgireg^te tbe same purpo^. 

 Tk& (that is, the crows and aborigines) 



do not agree about their respective shares, 

 so the strono-er decides the point ; for wlien 

 the crows (called Arabul" by the natives) 



mitet ^ hdlltms ^ tli^ ^3^0dss U {bed upon 

 tha: isDg^aldi the si^mA at entiW^, 



mi kiU them as thej fly- out ^ and affoid them 



